Verse 1
You say I’m in love
Like it’s something sweet
But love’s always felt like
A temporary thing to me
I laugh when you bring it up
Try to change the conversation
But my hands start shaking
Every time you say it
And I replay your voicemails
Just to hear you breathe
It’s embarrassing honestly
How much you get to me
(soft background hum enters)
“Mmm…”
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Pre-Chorus
I think I loved you
Before I meant to
(quiet layered whisper)
“before I knew…”
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Chorus
Maybe I’m in love
(background: “in love…”)
Maybe that’s the problem
Cause every time I let somebody in
I end up losing all of them
But you hold me
Like I’m worth staying for
And I don’t know what to do with that anymore
(soft whisper underneath)
“don’t leave…”
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(piano pause)
Verse 2
You looked at me
Like staying was easy
Like I was somebody
Worth not leaving
And you don’t even know
What that did to me
Now every little thing
Feels dangerously deep
The way you say my name
The way you pull me close
God, I should run away
But I never do
(background layered vocal)
“never do…”
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Pre-Chorus
I keep trying to hide it
But my heart moves toward you anyway
(quiet whisper)
“every time…”
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Chorus
Maybe I’m in love
(echoing harmony)
“maybe…”
Maybe that’s the problem
Cause every time I trust somebody
I end up worse
But when your head’s on my shoulder
The noise inside me stops
So maybe you were right all along
Maybe I’m in love
(soft repeated hums after chorus)
“Ooh… mm…”
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Bridge (piano gets heavier)
Don’t let me lose this
Don’t let me ruin it
Cause I know how I get
When something starts feeling real
I start waiting for goodbye
Before anybody leaves
Maybe that’s why loving you
Feels so terrifying to me
(background overlapping whispers)
“stay…”
“please stay…”
“don’t disappear…”
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(music strips back down to just piano and breath)
Final Chorus
Maybe I’m in love
(layered harmony)
“love…”
And maybe that scares me more
Than anything before
Cause you hold me
Like I’m easy to keep
While I’m already bracing
For you to leave
And I know someday
I’ll have to say it out loud
But right now all I know is
(long pause)
I don’t want this to end
(background whisper)
“please don’t go…”
(soft piano ending)
Bluejay